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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Vice President operating in the Media and Entertainment space. If you think a Vice President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Olivier Robert-Murphy
Executive Vice President of Universal Music Group
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About Universal Music Group: Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide.
Mark Adams
Senior Vice President and Head of Innovation of Vice Media
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About Vice Media: Vice Media is a North American digital media and broadcasting company.
Lars Silberbauer Andersen
Senior Vice President of Viacom
Lars is Global Director of Social Media & Search at the LEGO Group and is driving the well know and innovative toy company’s social media & search strategy and execution. He has building the company’s social media engagement from scratch and now leads a global team of social media & search marketeers that drives real time engagement with consumers world wide. In 2014 he launched LEGO® TV in 24 markets. LEGO® TV is a native mobile experience for kids where they can experience high quality animated LEGO content and also heads up the LEGO YouTube channels. Previously he worked for 10 years in the digital and broadcast media industry as digital strategist and later creative manager driving digital strategy and leading project development for Danish Broadcasting Corporation. He has also worked in the US, driving web development and user research. He holds and MA in Digital Media Science and a HD in Innovation and Organizational Strategy.
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About MENA Digital Awards, The LEGO Group, Viacom: Viacom is an American media conglomerate specializing in cable, satellite television networks, and cinema.
Adam Cardew
Vice President of Sony Music Entertainment
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About Sony Music Entertainment: Sony Music is a United States music corporation owned and operated by Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate
David Reay
Senior Vice President Human Resources of Sony Music Entertainment
David Reay, Sony Music Entertainment’s head of HR for the international business, is responsible for championing and driving the talent activity across Sony Music. This primary involves innovating around the foundations of HR – development, performance management, team effectiveness and engagement. Prior to SME David worked in a number of talent development and learning roles in the financial services sector, defence and IT industries. David’s focus in all of his roles has been cracking the connection between individual purpose and business success.
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About Sony Music Entertainment: Sony Music is a United States music corporation owned and operated by Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate
Alan Flower
Senior Vice President – CTO EMEA & Global Head, Cloud Native Labs of HCL Technologies
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About HCL Technologies: HCL Technologies is a global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses.
Giovanni Dolci
Vice President, Theatre Development and Managing Director, Europe and Africa of IMAX
Giovanni Dolci joined IMAX Corporation in October 2012 as Vice President, Theatre Development. In January 2017 he was also appointed Managing Director Europe and Africa, where he is responsible for growing and expanding the IMAX theatre network across the two continents. He previously served as Director of Business Development and Commercial Operations at Arts Alliance, where he was in charge of negotiations with cinema exhibitors and film distributors throughout EMEA to support the market’s transition to digital projection technology and where he helped establish a worldwide digital distribution platform. Prior to Arts Alliance, Giovanni Dolci worked in film financing and oversaw a number of projects based in New Zealand, Italy and the UK. He has a degree in Economics and Management from Bocconi University in Milan and an MSc in Management from Cass Business School in London. He is a Junior Fellow of the Aspen Institute Italy.
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About IMAX: IMAX Corporation is one of the world’s leading entertainment technology companies, specializing in immersive motion picture technologies.
Alix Wiseman
Senior Vice President Distribution & Acquisitions of 9 Story Media Group
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About 9 Story Media Group: A leading content creator, marketer and distributor of kids & family focused intellectual property.
